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Canadian Ice Wines: recos In general I'd avoid the Vidal icewines. Either Gewurztraminer or Riesling would be my preference. There are also some Cab Franc icewines around these days if you want to try something different. You can check the catalog (and store stock) at www.vintages.com I found more Riesling icewines (16) than Gewurztraminer (3) by doing a search on "Riesling icewine" and "Gewurztraminer icewine". By far the bulk of the icewines are Vidal (53). Thirty Bench has a couple Riesling icewines listed. I've tried several of their Rieslings (icewine, late harvest, and dry) and they've always impressed. Another favourite is Cave Spring Indian Summer Riesling (Late Harvest). It's about 1-2 the price of icewine, and is a great value. It appears to be in stock in a lot of locations. The real trick is for your friend to find a good LCBO store with a large Vintages section. If they are downtown Toronto, they could try to go to the Queen's Quay (pronounced "key") store. Take Yonge St. south to the lake, 1-2 blocks east. The wine consultants are mostly very knowledgable, and if he-she can find one who's not busy, they tend to like to talk. And they don't get paid commission (they're almost civil servants) so they don't try to talk to things you don't want. -- Remove preceding and trailing X from username for replies (Sorry, but I'm SICK of spam...)
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